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Antibiotic resistance and hypermutability of Escherichia coli O157 from feedlot cattle treated with growth-promoting agents.
Journal of food protection - 1 Nov 2005
Lefebvre Brigitte, Diarra Moussa S, Giguère Karine, Roy Gabriel, Michaud Sophie, Malouin François
Abstract excerpt
In a longitudinal study (165 days), we investigated the effect of growth-promoting agents (monensin and trenbolone acetate-estradiol) and an antibiotic (oxytetracycline) on the incidence in feedlot steers of Escherichia coli O157, including antibiotic-resistant and hypermutable isolates. Eighty steers in 16 pens were treated with eight combinations of promoters, and each treatment was duplicated. Fecal samples...
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